Patricia Engel

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Patricia Engel
OccupationAuthor, professor, editor
Notable worksIt's Not Love, It's Just Paris
Vida
The Veins of the Ocean
Website
patriciaengel.com

Patricia Engel is a Colombian-American writer. She is the author of the book Vida,[1] which was a PEN/Hemingway Fiction Award Finalist and winner of the Premio Biblioteca de Narrativa Colombiana,[2] Colombia's national prize in literature. She was the first woman, and Vida the first book in translation, to receive the prize.[3] She is also the author of It's Not Love, It's Just Paris,[4] and the novel The Veins of the Ocean,[5] which won the 2017 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.[6] The San Francisco Chronicle called Engel, "a unique and necessary voice for the Americas."[7]

Early life and education[]

Engel was born to Colombian parents who immigrated to the United States.[8] She was raised in New Jersey and attended public schools. She earned a bachelor's degree in French and Art History from New York University in 1999[9] and a Master of Fine Arts degree in fiction from Florida International University in 2007.[10]

She has studied in Paris and has taught creative writing at the University of Miami[11] and elsewhere.

Career[]

Engel's work has appeared in The Sun, A Public Space, Harvard Review, Kenyon Review, among many others, and has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories 2017,[12]The Best American Mystery Stories 2014,[13] and more. She was awarded the Boston Review Fiction Prize in 2008 for her story,[14] "Desaliento," and was the recipient of a fellowship in literature from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2014.[15]

She frequently writes about immigration,[16] biculturalism,[17] and transnationalism[18] in both English and Spanish.[19]

Her first book, Vida, was a finalist for the 2011 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award and the 2011 New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award.[20] In 2017, Vida received the Premio Biblioteca de Narrativa Colombiana,[21] Colombia's national prize in literature. Vida was also named a New York Times Notable Book of 2010.[22] It also won a Florida Book Award [23] and an Independent Publisher Book Awards[24] and was named an NPR "Best Debut of the Year."[25]

Engel's debut novel, It's Not Love, It's Just Paris,[26] received the International Latino Book Award in 2014.[27]

Her novel, The Veins of the Ocean, was awarded the 2017 Dayton Literary Peace Prize[28] and named a New York Times Editors' Choice [29] and a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year.[30]

Engel is a literary editor of the Miami Rail,[31] a quarterly publication providing critical coverage of arts, politics and culture. In 2019, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction and an O. Henry Award for her story "Aguacero."

Personal life[]

Engel now resides between Miami[32] and New York.

Bibliography[]

Books[]

  • 2010 Vida
Translated to Spanish by Alfaguara. 2016.
  • 2013 It is not Love, It's just Paris
Translated to Spanish as No es amor, es solo París by Grijalbo. 2014
  • 2016 The Veins of the Ocean
Translated to French as Les veines de l'océan by Flammarion, 2016.
Translated to Spanish as Las venas del océano by Alfaguara, 2017.
  • 2021 "Infinite Country"

Short Stories[]

Essays and Criticism[]

  • "La intimidad de la distancia," Arcadia

Awards and achievements[]

  • Recipient of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in Fiction, 2019
  • Winner an O.Henry Award, 2019
  • Winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction, 2017
  • Recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2014
  • Winner of the Premio Biblioteca de Narrativa Colombiana, 2016
  • Winner of the International Latino Book Award, 2014 and 2011.
  • Pen/Hemingway Foundation Fiction Award Finalist, 2011.
  • New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Finalist, 2011.
  • Paterson Fiction Prize Finalist, 2011.
  • Dayton Literary Peace Prize Long list, 2011.
  • The Story Prize Long list, 2011.

References[]

  1. ^ León, Rachel. "How Patricia Engel Turned a Short Story Into 'The Veins of the Ocean'". Chicago Review of Books. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. ^ MARÍN, DANIEL RIVERA. "Patricia Engel gana el premio Biblioteca Narrativa Colombiana de Eafit". ARCADIA. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  3. ^ Lombardo, María Eugenia. "Literatura sin fronteras". EL TIEMPO. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  4. ^ Saenz, Benjamin. "In an Old House in Paris 'It's Not Love, It's Just Paris,' by Patricia Engel". New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  5. ^ Scholes, Lucy. "A Novel Explores Tragedy's Aftermath in a Colombian-American Family". New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  6. ^ "2017 Fiction Winner". Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  7. ^ De Robertis, Carolina. "'The Veins of the Ocean,' by Patricia Engel". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  8. ^ Villarreal, Felipe Sánchez. "Patricia Engel, literatura colombiana de migrantes en los EE. UU. de Trump". Vice. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Praise for Alumna Patricia Engel's Debut Novel". NYU Alumni Blog. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  10. ^ CASE Digital Communications. "Congratulations Alum Patricia Engel!". CASE News. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  11. ^ "University of Miami College of Arts & Science". Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  12. ^ Wolitzer, Meg; Pitlor, Heidi (3 October 2017). The Best American Short Stories. ISBN 9781328766731. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  13. ^ Lippman, Laura; Penzler, Otto (7 October 2014). The Best American Mystery Stories. Books Google. ISBN 9780544034648. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  14. ^ "Desaliento The winner of Boston Review's 15th annual fiction contest". Boston Review. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  15. ^ "NEA LITERATURE FELLOWSHIPS". National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  16. ^ Murphy, Dwyer. "Patricia Engel on Florida, the Courage of Immigrants, and Writing a Novel of the Americas". Electric Literature. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  17. ^ Queirós, Carlos J. "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Chica". AARP. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  18. ^ Araque, Pilar Mejía. ""Escribo sobre los inmigrantes porque es mi mundo", Patricia Engel en Ulibro 2017". periodico15. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  19. ^ Engel, Patricia. "La intimidad de la distancia: una carta desde Miami". Revista Arcadia. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  20. ^ "Five Young Writers Chosen as Finalists for The New York Public Library's 2011 Young Lions Fiction Award". New York Public Library. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  21. ^ Saldarriaga, John. "El libro Vida le dio premio a Patricia Engel". elcolombiano. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  22. ^ "100 Notable Books of 2010". New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  23. ^ "General Fiction" (PDF). Florida Humanities. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  24. ^ "2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results Announcement". Independent Publisher. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  25. ^ Freeman, John. "A Little Bundle Of New: Best Book Debuts Of 2010". NPR Books. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  26. ^ Gay, Roxane. "A Literature of Her Own: 'It's Not Love, It's Just Paris', by Patricia Engel". The Nation. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  27. ^ "Authors". Grove Atlantic. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  28. ^ Temple, Emily. "ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF THE 2017 DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE". Literary Hub. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  29. ^ "Editors' Choice". New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  30. ^ De Robertis, Carolina. "'The Veins of the Ocean,' by Patricia Engel". San Francisco Gate. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  31. ^ "The Miami Rails". The Miami Rails. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  32. ^ Zuckerman, Alicia. "The Veins Of The Ocean Plumbs The Depths of Florida's Beauty, Pain and Sea". WLRN. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  33. ^ Engel, Patricia (March 2018). "The Book Of Saints". The Sun.

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